Arguing with anthropology : an introduction to critical theories of the gift /
Sykes, Karen Margaret, 1960-,
Arguing with anthropology : an introduction to critical theories of the gift / Karen Sykes. - 1 online resource (x, 244 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-236) and index.
A sceptical introduction to theories of gift exchange -- The awkward legacy of the noble savage -- Gathering thoughts in fieldwork -- Keeping relationships, meeting obligations -- Exchanging people, giving reasons -- Debt in postcolonial society -- Mistaking how and when to give -- Envisioning bourgeois subjects -- Giving beyond reason -- Virtually real exchange -- Interests in cultural property -- Giving anthropology a/way.
Arguing with Anthropology is a fresh and wholly original guide to key elements in anthropology, which teaches the ability to think, write and argue critically. Using the famous 'question of the gift' as a master-issue for discussion, and drawing on a rich variety of methods, aims, knowledge and understanding. The books' unique hypothetical approach takes gift-theory - the science of obligation and reciprocity - as the theme of a virtual enquiry which explores how the discipline has evolved historically, how it is applied in practice and how it can be argued with critically. By asking readers t.
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Uk
Mauss, Marcel, 1872-1950. Essai sur le don.
Essai sur le don (Mauss, Marcel)
Ceremonial exchange.
Gifts.
Anthropology--Philosophy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Customs & Traditions.
Anthropology--Philosophy.
Ceremonial exchange.
Gifts.
Gifts.
Anthropology--Philosophy.
Social Science--Customs & Traditions.
Social Science--Anthropology--General.
Electronic books.
394
Arguing with anthropology : an introduction to critical theories of the gift / Karen Sykes. - 1 online resource (x, 244 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-236) and index.
A sceptical introduction to theories of gift exchange -- The awkward legacy of the noble savage -- Gathering thoughts in fieldwork -- Keeping relationships, meeting obligations -- Exchanging people, giving reasons -- Debt in postcolonial society -- Mistaking how and when to give -- Envisioning bourgeois subjects -- Giving beyond reason -- Virtually real exchange -- Interests in cultural property -- Giving anthropology a/way.
Arguing with Anthropology is a fresh and wholly original guide to key elements in anthropology, which teaches the ability to think, write and argue critically. Using the famous 'question of the gift' as a master-issue for discussion, and drawing on a rich variety of methods, aims, knowledge and understanding. The books' unique hypothetical approach takes gift-theory - the science of obligation and reciprocity - as the theme of a virtual enquiry which explores how the discipline has evolved historically, how it is applied in practice and how it can be argued with critically. By asking readers t.
0203491149 9780203491140 9786610216833 6610216835
2004021092
GBA485001 bnb
Uk
Mauss, Marcel, 1872-1950. Essai sur le don.
Essai sur le don (Mauss, Marcel)
Ceremonial exchange.
Gifts.
Anthropology--Philosophy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Customs & Traditions.
Anthropology--Philosophy.
Ceremonial exchange.
Gifts.
Gifts.
Anthropology--Philosophy.
Social Science--Customs & Traditions.
Social Science--Anthropology--General.
Electronic books.
394